In order to be able to develop a great WebQuest, you need to see the different possibilities open to you as you create a web-based lesson. One way for us to see this is to critically analyze some WebQuest examples and discuss them.

Take the next 45 minutes and analyze the following WebQuests:

High School to Middle School Group:

http://www.dowslane.org/quest.html

http://www.manteno5.org/webquest/high/high.htm

http://www.infusion.allconet.org/webquest/hswebquests.html

http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/high/Science/HumanImmuneSystem/webquest.htm

http://www.gmpdc.org/webquests/show.php?level=4

Titanic: What Can Numbers Tell Us?

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Elementary School Group:

In Search of Stellaluna's Family

http://www.dowslane.org/quest.html

http://www.coe.unt.edu/TeacherTools/webquests/american_women/

Gingerbread Geography

Sadako and the Paper Cranes

The Giving Tree

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Individually, look at the listed WebQuests. Please don’t spend more than 10 minutes on each site. As you examine these WebQuests, answer the following questions:

1. Which two example WebQuests listed above are the best ones? Why?

2. Which two are the worst? Why?

3. What do best and worst mean to you?